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{{Infobox person
{{Infobox person
| name=Charles Goodnight<br>
| name=Charles Goodnight<br>
(Legendary cattle rancher:<br>"Father of the Texas Panhandle")
(Legendary cattle rancher:<br>"Father of the Texas Panhandle")
| image=Charles Goodnight of TX.jpg
| image=Charles Goodnight of TX.jpg
Charles, Sr., and Charlotte Collier, later Charlotte Daugherty}}
Charles, Sr., and Charlotte Collier, later Charlotte Daugherty}}
''Charles Goodnight''' (March 5, 1836 – December 12, 1929), also known as '''Charlie Goodnight''', was an [[United States|American]] [[cattle]] rancher known as the "father of the [[Texas]] Panhandle." [[Historian]] [[J. Frank Dobie]] said that Goodnight "approached greatness more nearly than any other cowman in history.n]] of history."<ref>{{cite book |title= From Ranch to Railhead with Charles Goodnight |author= Deborah Hedstrom-Page |year= 2007 |publisher= B&H Publishing Group |isbn= 0-8054-3272-8 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=2IKDvgxIEVsC&pg=PA41&lpg=PA41&dq=charles+goodnight+%2B+greatness#PPA41,M1 }}</ref> In 1955, he was inducted into the Hall of Great Westerner at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in [[Oklahoma City]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Hall of Great Westerners |url=https://nationalcowboymuseum.org/hall-of-great-westerners/ |website=National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum |access-date=November 22, 2019}}</ref>
'''Charles Goodnight''' (March 5, 1836 – December 12, 1929), also known as '''Charlie Goodnight''', was an [[United States|American]] [[cattle]] rancher known as the "father of the [[Texas]] Panhandle." [[Historian]] [[J. Frank Dobie]] said that Goodnight "approached greatness more nearly than any other cowman in history.n]] of history."<ref>{{cite book |title= From Ranch to Railhead with Charles Goodnight |author= Deborah Hedstrom-Page |year= 2007 |publisher= B&H Publishing Group |isbn= 0-8054-3272-8 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=2IKDvgxIEVsC&pg=PA41&lpg=PA41&dq=charles+goodnight+%2B+greatness#PPA41,M1 }}</ref> In 1955, he was inducted into the Hall of Great Westerner at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in [[Oklahoma City]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Hall of Great Westerners |url=https://nationalcowboymuseum.org/hall-of-great-westerners/ |website=National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum |access-date=November 22, 2019}}</ref>
==Background==
==Background==
Goodnight was born in Macoupin County in southwestern [[Illinois]], northeast of [[St. Lous]], [[Missouri]], the fourth child of the senior Charles Goodnight and the former Charlotte Collier. He moved to Texas in 1846 with his mother and stepfather, Hiram Daugherty. In 1856, he became a cowboy and served with the local militia, fighting Comanche raiders. A year later, in 1857, he joined the [[Texas Rangers]]. Goodnight led a posse in 1860 to recapture Cynthia Ann Parker (1827-1871), a Comanche captive then living with her Indian husband, Peta Nocona.<ref>S.C. Gwynne, ''Empire of the Summer Moon'' (New York: Scribner, 2010), pp. 173-175.</ref> He later made a treaty with her son, [[Quanah Parker]].
Goodnight was born in Macoupin County in southwestern [[Illinois]], northeast of [[St. Lous]], [[Missouri]], the fourth child of the senior Charles Goodnight and the former Charlotte Collier. He moved to Texas in 1846 with his mother and stepfather, Hiram Daugherty. In 1856, he became a cowboy and served with the local militia, fighting Comanche raiders. A year later, in 1857, he joined the [[Texas Rangers]]. Goodnight led a posse in 1860 to recapture Cynthia Ann Parker (1827-1871), a Comanche captive then living with her Indian husband, Peta Nocona.<ref>S.C. Gwynne, ''Empire of the Summer Moon'' (New York: Scribner, 2010), pp. 173-175.</ref> He later made a treaty with her son, [[Quanah Parker]].
At the outbreak of the [[American Civil War|Civil War]], Goodnight enlisted in the Army of the [[Confederate States of America]]. Most of his time was spent as part of a frontier regiment protecting soldiers from Indian raids. Goodnight described what it took to become a scout, "First, he must be born a natural woodsman and have the faculty of never needing a compass except in snow storms or darkness."<ref>Goodnight, C., "The Making of a Scout," manuscript, Panhandle Plains Historical Museum, Canyon, Texas.</ref>
At the outbreak of the [[American Civil War|Civil War]], Goodnight though born in the North enlisted in the Army of the [[Confederate States of America]]. Most of his time was spent as part of a frontier regiment protecting soldiers from Indian raids. Goodnight described what it took to become a scout, "First, he must be born a natural woodsman and have the faculty of never needing a compass except in snow storms or darkness."<ref>Goodnight, C., "The Making of a Scout," manuscript, Panhandle Plains Historical Museum, Canyon, Texas.</ref>
==Career==
==Career==